Innovators in education and research are calling for us to envision school and learning in new ways. Read, watch, or listen to what they're saying.
Meet an inspirational school leader. In this interview with Education Reimagined, Shira Leibowitz talks about her remarkable students and how they've thrived in a learner-centered environment
In this animation, Sir Ken Robinson provides a quick educational history and explains why we need to think differently about what great learning looks like.
In this podcast Todd Rose, co-founder of the Center for Individual Opportunity, encourages us to challenge the notion of "average" and envision individuality as the key to our future.
The Learner-Centered Movement
A learner-centered approach to education requires instruction to be strategically designed to meet students’ individual developmental needs and interests. As such, students are active participants in constructing their learning with unlimited potential. Students' growth is guided and accelerated by our teachers - not only through academics supported by social and emotional learning, but through the understanding that people learn in different ways. Grounded in neuroscience, that essential insight makes the highest standards accessible to all.
As its name suggests, this approach “places every learner at its center, structures the system to build appropriate supports around him or her, and acknowledges the need to adapt and alter to meet the needs of all children… Each child’s interests, passions, dreams, skills, and needs shape his or her learning experience and drive the commitments and actions of the adults and communities supporting him or her.”
- A Transformational Vision for Education in the US (2015). Education Reimagined. Convergence Center for Policy Resolution. P5
Practitioner’s Lexicon. Education Reimagined.
The Nautilus School is a proud member of the Education Reimagined Learning Lab. Participation in this network connects us to a nationwide community of schools, practitioners, students, families, organizations, and individuals leading the charge toward educational transformation through learner-centered environments.